SilentStrider:Mark Ratner: The ump is an idiot for tossing him out of the game for that. Lighten up, Francis.

But the fans show up amd watch the game on tv for HIM. He HAS to put on a show! /smrtbasebal

I'm sure the smrt fans will show up soon to point out how this moment highlighting the human element made the game more awesome for the fans who showed up to watch Greinke and got Livan Hernandez instead. Then they'll check in their fantasy umpire league.

But the umpire has to be a man, unless dude is up in your face you let shiat go as there is just as much chance he was yelling at himself for giving up a run to the 2nd batter on an infield hit, as he was at the call.

But the umpire has to be a man, unless dude is up in your face you let shiat go as there is just as much chance he was yelling at himself for giving up a run to the 2nd batter on an infield hit, as he was at the call.

He didn't. His immediate reaction was surprise, as in "wait wait wait... what just happened?". He clearly was just frustrated that he didn't cover the base in time. If you read his lips, as they showed on SportsCenter, he said nothing until after the ejection at which point he was still remarkably calm and just said "I'm mad at myself, I'm mad at myself". A player mad at the ump would react to the ejection differently, I'm quite sure.

Anyway, he should have gotten a warning or maybe even a fine from MLB or whatever. But to remove him from the entire game for one brief expression of frustration is awful officiating. It's the equivalent of suspending a hitter for five games for slamming his bat into the ground after swinging and missing at strike three. It's also stupid that if he had thrown at a batter's head he would have gotten the same punishment.

I love it. The ump knows. He's got this look on his face like "What do you expect me to do? I can't be the first umpire in 100 years to un-eject a guy. Do you know the dressing down I'm going to get for this from Selig? I don't want to be doing this in Pawtucket and Omaha next year."

DeWayne Mann:Donnchadha: He should find a way to only pitch 2 innings on Friday, then get the start again on Saturday to set the record for starting four straight games.

The modern (post-1901) record, maybe. But the all-time major league record is something like 25 straight starts.

Old Hoss Radbourn 1884. Started 79 of 114 total games and 40 of the last 43 games for the Providence Grays. Won every game of the 1884 World Series (3 for 3). Greatest year ever for a baseball player, 18.6 WAR. Probably did it all with the syphilis that killed him. Link

Donnchadha:He should find a way to only pitch 2 innings on Friday, then get the start again on Saturday to set the record for starting four straight games.

Old Hoss Radbourn laughs at your puny concept of a "record".

His 1884 season: Started 73 of his team's 114 games. Threw 73 complete games, because relievers are for sissies. Thanks to extra innings, that meant 678.2 IP, with a 1.38 ERA when the league ERA was 2.98.

He had a 59-12 record, and his team ran away with the division by 10.5 games. He then started Games 1, 2, and 3 of the three-game 1884 World Series, with 3 complete games, and an ERA of 0.00.

He also batted .230 in his free time, bedded at least five of your female ancestors, and his Twitter feed is funnier than yours.

He also is responsible for the premiere pitching simulation of all times: Old Hoss Baseball 1K884. It includes 5 pitches: Ball, Strike, and three types of beanball.

chimp_ninja:Donnchadha: He should find a way to only pitch 2 innings on Friday, then get the start again on Saturday to set the record for starting four straight games.

Old Hoss Radbourn laughs at your puny concept of a "record".

His 1884 season: Started 73 of his team's 114 games. Threw 73 complete games, because relievers are for sissies. Thanks to extra innings, that meant 678.2 IP, with a 1.38 ERA when the league ERA was 2.98.

He had a 59-12 record, and his team ran away with the division by 10.5 games. He then started Games 1, 2, and 3 of the three-game 1884 World Series, with 3 complete games, and an ERA of 0.00.

He also batted .230 in his free time, bedded at least five of your female ancestors, and his Twitter feed is funnier than yours.

He also is responsible for the premiere pitching simulation of all times: Old Hoss Baseball 1K884. It includes 5 pitches: Ball, Strike, and three types of beanball.

Oh sure, I go out and do all sorts of actual analysis for the Lincecum thread, and meanwhile you just swoop in here and steal all the funny Old Hoss references.

DeWayne Mann:Donnchadha: He should find a way to only pitch 2 innings on Friday, then get the start again on Saturday to set the record for starting four straight games.

The modern (post-1901) record, maybe. But the all-time major league record is something like 25 straight starts.

Yeah, when you look at what pitchers used to do, it's just mind boggling compared to current trends.

Cy Young has 511 wins. Today, a 20 win season is impressive -- so you'd have to do that every year for 26 years to equal or surpass that mark. Then again, he probably pitched every day and wasn't part of a 4 or 5 man rotation.

I love it. The ump knows. He's got this look on his face like "What do you expect me to do? I can't be the first umpire in 100 years to un-eject a guy. Do you know the dressing down I'm going to get for this from Selig? I don't want to be doing this in Pawtucket and Omaha next year."

Heaven forbid a highly competitive athlete in a competitive situation displays a brief, exterior show of emotion. Greinke not only disparaged the sanctity of the sport, but ruined the innocence of all children that were present in the stands.

But those things all suck! The DH, ok, that's an argument that's been going on forever.

Replay, if it's ever implemented, is going to be done in some horrifically stupid way. Manager's challenges that let managers buy time for a reliever to warm up, when a guy was out at 1st by 6 steps. A system where a fifth umpire is watching in a booth with an "overrule" button that they can hit within 15 seconds of a call, sure.

More teams in the playoffs? But then I wouldn't have spent all offseason laughing at the Braves and Red Sox. Let me have that.

Killer Cars:Heaven forbid a highly competitive athlete in a competitive situation displays a brief, exterior show of emotion. Greinke not only disparaged the sanctity of the sport, but ruined the innocence of all children that were present in the stands.

He could have at least saved it for the next batter. That's really the only acceptable way for a pitcher to show emotion.

But those things all suck! The DH, ok, that's an argument that's been going on forever.

Replay, if it's ever implemented, is going to be done in some horrifically stupid way. Manager's challenges that let managers buy time for a reliever to warm up, when a guy was out at 1st by 6 steps. A system where a fifth umpire is watching in a booth with an "overrule" button that they can hit within 15 seconds of a call, sure.

More teams in the playoffs? But then I wouldn't have spent all offseason laughing at the Braves and Red Sox. Let me have that.

I'm not saying that there aren't legitimate arguments against those things.

chimp_ninja:CommiePuddin: chimp_ninja: He also is responsible for the premiere pitching simulation of all times: Old Hoss Baseball 1K884. It includes 5 pitches: Ball, Strike, and three types of beanball.

Game's busted. Runner scored from third on a two-out groundout.

/shallow and pedantic

It seems fair to penalize you for leaving a baserunner with two functioning legs. Real pitchers win when the other team can no longer field a healthy lineup.

Fair point.

I revamped my game strategy and won by forfeit in the 4th inning by maiming all 11 players on the opposing side.

CommiePuddin:chimp_ninja: CommiePuddin: chimp_ninja: He also is responsible for the premiere pitching simulation of all times: Old Hoss Baseball 1K884. It includes 5 pitches: Ball, Strike, and three types of beanball.

Game's busted. Runner scored from third on a two-out groundout.

/shallow and pedantic

It seems fair to penalize you for leaving a baserunner with two functioning legs. Real pitchers win when the other team can no longer field a healthy lineup.

Fair point.

I revamped my game strategy and won by forfeit in the 4th inning by maiming all 11 players on the opposing side.

If I remember that story correctly, he threw his helmet AT the ump while swearing AT the ump. If I am wrong, please correct me.

He really just sort of spiked the helmet down and forward, in the direction of the ump. I think that suspension was warranted, but he didn't quite mean to throw the helmet at the ump. If he did, it would have been worse.

Killer Cars:Granolabar: He could have at least saved it for the next batter. That's really the only acceptable way for a pitcher to show emotion.

Yup. Throwing the ball at dirt: disgusting human being. Throwing the ball at an opposing player: "part of the game"

Greinke should be familiar with this rule. Milwaukee is the most hit team in baseball. Hardly a game goes by that some pitcher doesn't feel the need to leave a baseball sized bruise on Ryan Braun's back.

chimp_ninja:Donnchadha: He should find a way to only pitch 2 innings on Friday, then get the start again on Saturday to set the record for starting four straight games.

Old Hoss Radbourn laughs at your puny concept of a "record".

His 1884 season: Started 73 of his team's 114 games. Threw 73 complete games, because relievers are for sissies. Thanks to extra innings, that meant 678.2 IP, with a 1.38 ERA when the league ERA was 2.98.

He had a 59-12 record, and his team ran away with the division by 10.5 games. He then started Games 1, 2, and 3 of the three-game 1884 World Series, with 3 complete games, and an ERA of 0.00.

He also batted .230 in his free time, bedded at least five of your female ancestors, and his Twitter feed is funnier than yours.

He also is responsible for the premiere pitching simulation of all times: Old Hoss Baseball 1K884. It includes 5 pitches: Ball, Strike, and three types of beanball.

Last play:The batsman played through the pain of his first injury, but losing a body part to the latest pitch is too much for him, and the weakling bows out of the game.

With no one left to step into the batter's box, the opposing team has no option but to forfeit. You're loath to leave the field without maiming at least one more enemy, but you'll have to wait until tomorrow's game.